Sealed container.



J. S. STOKES.

SEALED CONTAINER.

APPUCATION FILED APR.24. 1914.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

vzzwwziww m JOHN STOGDELL STOKES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR 'IO STOKES &

SMITH COMPANY, OF SUMMERDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN-SYLVANIA.

SEALED CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.. Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

To all wk am it may concern:

. Be it known that I, JOHN S'roeoELL Sroxns, a citizen of the UnitedStates residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in SealedContainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sealed packages or containers, and theinvention is especially useful where the contents of a box is to bewrapped and sealed, so as to substantially exclude the air'.

A principal object of'the invention is to provide a container, the bodyof which is of.

a common form, but having a .wrapper of a particular form, and appliedto the box in a very simple manner so as to form a cover whichcompletely envelope and seals the box.

In the drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of my invention, Figure1 is a perspective showing the bottom section of a box of common form.Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the construction of thebox. Fig. 3 is aperspective showing the end of a box of another form, which is closed atan end wall. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through a box having the partsshown in Figs. 1 and 2, and enveloped in my sealing cover. Fig. 5 is avertical section through. the end of a box of the construction shown inFig. 3, and with my sealing cover applied. Fig. 6 is a plan of a blank,which I prefer to employ in forming the sealed container.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 10 and 11 representrespectively, "the bottom section and the cover section of a box ofcommon form, the bottom section having side walls 12 andend walls 13,and the cover section 11 being similarly formedwith side walls 14 andend walls 15. The cover sectionis slightly larger than the bottomsection, so as to be applied over the same telescopically. The sidewalls of both sections are of substantially the same dimensions so thatwhen these parts are put together a narrow gap or space 16 is formedaround the bottom 17 of the box. This bottom 17 and the top wall 18 ofthe box form the main walls of the container. The cover for sealing thebox is preferably of the form illustrated in Fig. 6 and comprises asubstantially rectangular body portion 19 having integral side flaps 20and integral end flaps 21. The side flaps are adapted to fold on thebody portion at the dotted lines 22, wh1le the end flaps 21 are adaptedto fold at the points indicated by the dotted line 23. One pair of theseflaps, preferably side flaps 20, is provided with end laps 24, which areintegral and which are adapted to overlap the corners of the wrapper onthe side edges of the box when the wrapper has been applied thereto. Allof the flaps are provided with marginal portions 25. In applying thewrapper to the box 4 the body portion 19, which is of the same dimensionand shape as any selected wall of the box, preferably one of the mainwalls, is applied to the corresponding wall of the box, and the flaps 20and 21 are then folded over so as to cover the side and the end walls ofthe box, but the end laps 24 are first folded over the adjacent boxends. And the marginal portions 25 are then folded over the edges of theopposite main wall. As illustrated in Fig. 4 the body portion 19 isapplied to the upper wall 18, in which case the marginal portions extendacross the space 16 and seal it. If desired the entire area of thewrapper can be attached to the box by an adhesive, but if desired theadhesive may be applied only on the end laps 24 and on the marginalportions which seal the space 16. If desired the body portion 19 couldbe applied to the bottom Wall 17 of the box instead of to the top Wall,so that the marginal portions 25 of the cover would be attached to theedges of the wall 18.

In order to give the box a neat appearance I prefer to cover the walltowhich the marginal portions 25 are attached by means of a facing piece26, which preferably consists of a single sheet of rectangular formconforming in dimensions to this wall of the box. This sheet 26preferably extends over the marginal portions and is attached to them byan adhesive, and also to the wall of the box preferably throughout theentire area of the sheet.

It is evident that a box of the form shown in Fig. 3 can be wrapped andsealed in the same manner as the box illustrated in Fig. 4, thepreferred arrangement of the parts of the box and cover beingillustrated in Fig. 5.

The box illustrated in Fig. 3 is a common form particularly adapted tobe made from a carton and having its end closed by an end wall 27 havinga hinged movementat 28, and a flap 29, which overlaps a wall 30 oppositethe edge 28. Such boxes sometimes have side flaps on the edges 31 whichoverlap the adjacent walls.

It is understood that the embodiment of the invention described above isonly one of the many forms or embodiments the invention may take, and Ido not wish .to be limited to the practice of the invention, nor in myclaim, to the particular embodiment set forth.

What I claim is As a new article of manufacture, a sealedwrapped packagecomprising a box and a wrapper-blank enveloping and adherently attachedto the exterior walls of the box,-

said wrapper comprising a body ortion and integral side and end wings,sai body portion being adherently attached to a selected wall of the boxand the said side and end wings being adherently attached respectivelyto the side and end walls of the box, the said side and end wings beingprovided with marginal lap portions overlying and adherently attached tothe marginal edges of the wall of the box opposite the said selectedwall, and a se arate Wall covering label having substantlally thedimensions of the said selected wall, said label overlying andadherently attached to the said marginal lap portions and to the wall ofthe box opposite said selected wall, the construction and arrangementbeing such as to provide a sealed-Wrapped package having a smoothexterior.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set hand in presence of 'twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN STOGDE-LL STOKES.

Witnesses CHARLES EVANS, NAoMI SLOTTER.

